Steam Deck Beta Client Update: March 27th
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: General Fixed game content switching from private beta to…
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The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: General Fixed game content switching from private beta to…
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: General Fixed game content switching from private beta to…
The Steam City Builder & Colony Sim Fest is on now, highlighting community-building games of all kinds with an entire…
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: Steam Input Fixed adaptive trigger effects with the DualSense…
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: Steam Input Fixed adaptive trigger effects with the DualSense…
Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Preview channel, and includes new features that are still being tested. You…
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: General Fixed regression in yesterday’s Beta Client which could…
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: General Fixed regression in yesterday’s Beta Client which could…
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: General Fixed brief layout shift of elements (one or…
We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fixed brief layout shift of elements…